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At the curtain call, Hugh Jackman put his arm around Kathy Voytko, an understudy suddenly thrust into the role of leading lady Marian Paroo in The Music Man.

Kathy, when she turned up to work at 12 o'clock, could have played any of eight roles," Jackman, who plays Harold Hill in the musical, told the cheering audience. it happened to be the leading lady. She found out at 12 noon today and, at 1 o'clock, she had her very first rehearsal as Marian Paroo."